Albert Einstein and Contemporary Physics
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(This information was taken from the Distinguished Scientist Lecture Series Program 1983-1984).
Dr. Yang, a Nobel laureate, is Albert Einstein Professor of Physics and the Director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the State University of ew York at Stony Brook. Born in Hofei, Anwhei, China, Dr. Yang earned the Ph.D. degree in 1948 at the University of Chicago. In 1957, at the age of 35, he was named corecipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics with Dr. Tsun -Dao Lee. Before joining SU Y-Stony Brook, Dr. Yang was Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, ew Jersey, from 1955 to 1966. He joined the Institute in 1949. He has been a Gibbs lecturer of the American Mathematical Society, Loeb lecturer at Harvard University, Vanuxem lecturer at Princeton University, Lincoln lecturer of the Board of Foreign Scholars (Fulbright Board) of the State Department, Pauli lecturer at the ETH, Zurich, Courant lecturer at New York University, Fermi lecturer at Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, and J.R. Oppenheimer Memorial lecturer, Los Alamos. He is Honorary Professor of Fudan University, Shanghai. In addition to the Nobel Prize, his honors include the 1980 Rumford Prize and the 1957 Albert Einstein Commemorative Award. Dr. Yang is a member of numerous academies and societies including the National Academy of Sciences, the American Physical Society, Sigma Xi, the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, and the Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences. He is also a member of the Governing Council of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Science.
His Work: Dr. Yang and Dr. Lee shared the Nobel Prize in 1957 for their discoveries that challenged the principle of "Conservation of Parity," on which much of modern physics had been based. The principle says that objects which are mirror images of each other must obey the same physical rules. They theorized that in key cases parity need not be observed and a series of subsequent experiments proved them right.
His Lecture: October 15, 1983: "Albert Einstein and Contemporary Physics"
Keywords
Physics
Creation Date
October 15, 1983
Recommended Citation
Yang, Chen Ning, "Albert Einstein and Contemporary Physics" (1983). DSLS 1983-1984. 6.
https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/dsls_1983_1984/6